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Dynamic duo... Arto's wife Ani has been part of the scene from the beginning of his career. They are inseparable.
Arto Yuzbasiyan was born in 1948 in Istanbul, Turkey to a talented, pianist mother, and a father who was a textile manufacturer. Though he did not play a musical instrument like the rest of his mother's talented family, he was interested in drawing and painting and so at the age of eight, he started taking lessons from a religious painter by the name of Ojeni Telyan. He was profoundly influenced by her traditional, classical style. Later on, he studied under Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu for a brief period of time and Mustafa Pilevneli. Nonetheless, Arto claims that his main influence was Telyan's teachings.
In 1972 he worked in Paris and in a small town in the Netherlands repairing Oriental tribal carpets, another passion of his besides painting.
Eventually, Arto immigrated to Canada in 1973 to reunite with his childhood love and marry. There his career as an artist emerged. What makes his work special and meaningful is its focus on the out of the way. Quiet downtown corners where life is carried on harmoniously, with little or no effort, have become the focus of his art. The inhabitants go about their business unaware, hurrying home in a winter storm or waiting for one of Arto's ever-present streetcars to arrive.
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| 2006 | Balzac Fine Art | Toronto, Ontario |
| 2004 | Galerie D'Art Vincent | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 2001 | Roberts Gallery | Toronto |
| 1994 | Roberts gallery | Toronto |
| 1993 | Decor Gallery | New Jersey, USA |
| 1990 | Kaspar Gallery | Toronto |
| 1988 | University of Toronto, Erindale Campus | Mississauga, Ontario |
| 1988 | Galerie Bernard Desroches | Montréal, Québec |
| 1987 | Setadel Studios with Royal Canadian Artillery | Toronto |
| 1985 | Kaspar Gallery | Toronto |
| 1983 | Kaspar Gallery | Toronto |
| 1982 | Kaspar Gallery | Toronto |
| 1980 | Kaspar Gallery | Toronto |
| 1980 | Kastel Gallery | Montréal, Québec |
| 1979 | Johnson Gallery | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1979 | Janrielle Gallery | Niagara Falls, Ontario |
| 1978 | Studio Six Art Gallery | Toronto |
| 1977 | Studio Six Art Gallery | Toronto |
| 1977 | Gallery of Fine Art | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| 1976 | Damkjar Burton Gallery | Hamilton, Ontario |
| 1976 | Aida Gallery | Brampton, Ontario |
| 1975 | Gallery of Fine Art | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
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| 2001 | Roberts Gallery Artists Choice | Toronto |
| 2000 | Roberts Gallery Artists Choice (Sketches) | Toronto |
| 1999 | Roberts Gallery Artists Choice (Sketches) | Toronto |
| 1999 | Asia Invitation Art Exhibition | Seoul, S. Korea |
| 1999 | Roberts Gallery Artists Choice | Toronto |
| 1998 | Hamazkain Art Gallery | Toronto |
| 1998 | Asia Invitation Art Exhibition | Seoul, S. Korea |
| 1998 | Roberts Gallery Artists Choice | Toronto |
| 1997 | Asia Invitation Art Exhibition | Seoul, S. Korea |
| 1997 | Roberts Gallery Artists Choice | Toronto |
| 1996 | Roberts Gallery Artists Choice | Toronto |
| 1995 | Roberts Gallery Artists Choice | Toronto |
| 1993 | Société des Arméniens d'Istanbul | Montréal, Québec |
| 1993 | Artist choice Roberts Gallery | Toronto |
| 1991 | Seoul Watercolour int. | Seoul, S. Korea |
| 1991 | The Taegu Int. Art Biennale Exibition | Seoul, S. Korea |
| 1988 | 88 Seoul Olympic Games | Seoul, S. Korea |
| 1988 | Collection of int. Watercolour Paintings | Seoul, S. Korea |
| 1986 | Watercolour Canadian Impression | Toronto |
| 1986 | Kaspar Gallery | Toronto |
| 1983 | Kaspar Gallery Collectors Choice | Toronto |
| 1982 | Toronto Through Artist Eye | Toronto |
| 1982 | Kaspar Gallery | Toronto |
| 1980 | Canadian Watercolour 1830-1980 | Toronto |
| 1980 | Kaspar Gallery | Toronto |
| 1980 | Kaspar Gallery Collectors Choice | Toronto |
| 1979 | Exhibition of Defasco Collection | Hamilton, Ontario |
| 1979 | Art Gallery of Hamilton | Hamilton, Ontario |
| 1977 | Annual Art Exhibit | Toronto |
| 1977 | Alpha Omega Women Ass. | Toronto |
| 1976 | Annual Art Exhibit | Toronto |
| 1976 | Alpha Omega Women Ass. | Toronto |
| 1975 | Annual Art Exhibit | Toronto |
| 1975 | Alpha Omega Women Ass. | Toronto |
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| Thomson Works of Art |
| Rogers Communications |
| Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. |
| Air Canada |
| University of Toronto |
| University Health Network Sunnybrook Hospital |
| Toronto Public Library |
| Tillbury Public Library |
| Allstate Insurance Company |
| IBM Canada |
| Bell Canada |
| Imperial Oil Ltd |
| Cadillac Fairview Ltd. |
| North American Life |
| Canada Packers Ltd |
| Toronto Board of Trade |
| Canadian General Electric Company |
| Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
| Royal Insurance Company |
| Hallmark Cards |
| Defasco Steel Inc. |
| Toronto Transit Commission |
| DuPont Canada |
| Musee du Quebec |
| General Foods Inc |
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| Denmark
France
Germany
Holland
Italy
Republic of Ireland
South Korea
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States |
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